Splash Screen

This really isn't a life-threatening issue or anything, but my PC skips past the post splash screen and straight into Windows. Forcing it to enter BIOS/boot into UEFI mode just shows a blank screen. Similarly, resetting the CMOS also displays nothing. I recently upgraded from a GTX1050 to an...

Hello everyone. Today I bought a 1tb nvme to upgrade my storage on my PC,already got 2 hard drives and 1 SATA SSD , where I have installed w11 for about 5 years. My plan was on moving the os from the old SSD to the new nvme and I used a program called MiniTool Partition Wizard, version 10.0...

I have recently had my pc get stuck on the motherboard splash screen. I then get to see a loading sign and it keeps running indefinitely. Sometimes after rebooting a few times it finally goes through. Sometimes it just doesn't go through and then I can try anything but it seems to be random when...

I just now changed my GPU from another model of the Asus 3060 ti to the TUF 3060 ti. After plugging in the new GPU, the boot screen does not show the motherboard logo (AORUS). When I press F8/F12 to access bios though, it does let me do that, so that's good. But after the brief black screen, I...

So, my computer is very old (2008) did not hold well windows 7, so I decided to bring it to Windows XP. After the installation, the message "error starting the operating system" appeared. Ok... I reboot the computer and try to reinstall. Splash screen, locked, I couldn’t do anything, not even...

Hello, my laptop froze and I did a hard reset. But after boot up it is now always stuck at the boot up splash screen and can't even access bios. Any help would be appreciated.

I have just put together my build outside the case, when I booted up the first time no splash screen or video output of any kind will show on my monitor. I have the DVI cable from my motherboard to my monitor and it doesn't detect anything when I turn it on. the fans do start to turn for the...

A retrofitted build keeps cycling to the Gigabyte GA-MA770T-UD3P ATX Rev. 1.0 motherboard splash screen when I either put 4 identical sticks 8GB modules of DDR3 1600 MHz 9-9-9-24 RAM or combine 2 sticks of that with 2 sticks of DDR3 1600 CL 10-10-10-30 RAM in it. It boots fine if I only have 2...

Hey gyus, I could use a little help For the past 2 days I've been troubleshooting this older Lenovo AIO. The thing is it ,,died" in April. It has been taken to the repair shop but they didn't give it very optimistic chances to work again. Day 1: ,I managed to turn it on. First, the power switch...

Hi there, Last night after trying to boot up Apex Legends, my PC crashed and upon rebooting I was not able to get past the splash "Asus" screen, even after pressing del/f2 to get into the bios menu (it just won't let me proceed). It's really shit timing as well considering I have a University...

HP Pavilion dv6 Notebook PC Win 7, 3Gb Ram, Amd turion 2 n530 processor Hi there. An old laptop from 2011 I have is taking 15 minutes to get through the HP splash logo. It doesn't matter if it tries to boot up the system from the HD, boot from a pendrive or just load the BIOS config. It takes...

I am helping my cousin with his PC. He had a GTX 1060 that he got from eBay that started to die shortly after he got it so he just got a RX580 to replace it. I tried to delete the NVIDIA drivers for him over Microsoft quick assist because he lives a couple hours away. I did not use DDU initially...

Hello all, I have a bit of a difficult question today. I'm changing over from a hard drive to an SSD and have the OS installed on both at the moment (Windows 8.1, same disc used). The strange thing is, when booting from the SSD my boot up is a little different. On the hard drive it goes to BIOS...

Hi there, I have a problem with my computer, this just happened today which is strange, I Start the computer, BIOS Starts up and then i get ended up being stuck at logo/splash screen, theres nothing i can do except going into the BIOS menu or just keep on restarting, Screenshot:- I...

I was wondering if it matters what type of HDD/SSD you buy for a motherboard and if any HDD/SSD can work with any motherboard

What are the differences between different GPU models and brands? For example Aorus' Gaming and Windforce. Do they have different performance or cooling? I'm looking for the best cooled RTX 2080.

Hey there! I am creating my first PC build and I am super excited about it. Here is a link to all my PC components I am getting if it helps https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Z29qzY My biggest concern is that I am not entirely sure if my CPU cooler is going to fit into my case? and if it does is...

The Amp edition of this GPU costs $10 more, but has a back plate and a 90MHz higher factory boost clock. Is it worth it over the non-AMP edition? ZOTAC GAMING GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Boost Clock 1770 MHz $279.99 https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500462 ZOTAC GAMING...

Hey, I'am trying to change my email but it says: Email addresses must be unique. The specified email address is already in use. Anyone know a fix? Also is there a way to change my username? Also i like the new interface it's pretty neat. Lol i searched for a pc related problem and i came on this...

Can anyone recommend a good motherboard to go with my AMD Ryzen5 2600 and MSI GTX 1070 gaming x?

As the title says, I have a motherboard that has a male USB header stuck in one of the USB headers. The pins in the header came out, so it's just the plastic shroud, but I can't seem to get it with my needlenose pliers. Does anyone know of a way to remove it?

I have a Lenovo Ideapad 110s and I can't install windows on it. The whole partition was deleted and I don't know how to recover the partition on put windows back on the eMMC flash storage. I've tried everything possible but nothing seem to work. Any suggestion?

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Everytime i run benchmarks it shows everything that i have to be correct i7-8750H 16GB RAM 1TB HDD and 128 SSD but instead of my Gtx 1060 6 GB Graphics card it always shows that i have a Intel UHD Graphics 630 although when i play games, all my games on max settings go at about 90-120 fps...

Basically I have plugged in two new storage devices into my computer 1 hard drive and 1 ssd, and I have an m.2 that is detected and another 500gb ssd that is also detected but the other 2 devices that are new don't show up in bios or on device manager, I have tried new sata cables and power...

Firts,thank you for your support.Recently,I wanted to upgrade my PC.I bought a MOBO(Gygabyte AX370M-Gaming 3) and a Ryzen 5 2600 processor. When I installed the components in my computer,I tried to turn on it,and something was not matching.I thaught that my memory QLV is not available for the...

Hello guys! I've been having temperature problems with my CPU for the last few days. Last week I moved to a new apartment and I wasn't using my computer for a few days and I only turned it on a few days after moving. I started playing Destiny 2 with my friends when I started having huge...

my friend is trying to build a $900-$1600 build to run 4-way overwatch. what would the best option to do this?

I've had this issue since I put it together. Specs are Windows 7 SP1, 32GB RAM, GTX 1080, stock i-7-7700. I had a stuttering issue in general with games that I fixed by emptying the standby memory list routinely, but the video stuttering has persisted. It definitely gets worse the longer the...

Hey there, I recently added a Gigabyte GeForce Gt 730 to my computer, I have 4 gig ram DDR2, 370W Power Supply and a Intel Duo core 2.79Ghz, so I placed the graphics card in my PC and when it came to the Windows logo the Color inverted and lines came on the screen, it also made a boom Sound but...

Hi, I have been using equipment bought for art exhibitions of one month duration. Because of that I am now sitting on a 1080 TI (nvidia stock) and Nvidia XP (Nvidia stock), both used for a couple of months for art exhibitions and extremely well taken care of. Does Tom's hardware have a selling...

I plan on configuring a system to have 18 screens. I read about the Matrox C900 a single-slot, PCI Express® x16 graphics and its capacity for 9 screens so I was thinking if I could hook 2 of this beauty into a system would be Alienware Area 51 be a good choice and if not which other Desktop-PC...

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My woofer sometimes get power sometime not..like getting at the same time not getting

Hello i bought a decend graphics card and i also got a new cpu , motherboard ect. Basically an entire new setup and i am experiencing really low FPS like below 30 . Im pretty sure its not my graphics card . I have a radeon RX 580 8gb . It might be my cpu . It is a AMD A6-9500 Radeon R5, 8...

Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45) To fix this problem, reconnect this hardware device to the computer.

I got a Hp elite 8300 elite sff the pc was runing fast boot time very fast after i bought a new gt1030 boot time turn out to be slower on boot is there anyway i can let it run how it use to run without talking out the gpu My specs I5 3470 3.2ghz 4gb drr3 1600mhz Gt1030 250gb hard drive...

I have a new build with this components: CPU : i5 8600K GPU : Gigabyte Geforce 1050Ti Motherboard : Asus ROG Strix z370-i RAM: 2X8GB HyperX Fury 3200Mhz CL18 kit when i turn on the PC every thing works except there is no display not on the motherboard HDMI , and not on the GPU HDMI on ther...

I am in the market for a new graphics card but I'm on a limited budget so I was checking how much a second hand GTX970 was and I came across this card which seems like a VERY good deal...

My dad is 95 & very hearing impaired. We have several sets of senheiser 120 wireless headphone base units positioned thru out the house attached to different Tvs. He can hear with these exceptionally well, way nicer than audio thru his hearing aids. What I would 'like' to do is connect a...